India This Evening: FIR Against Facebook for Anti-Gandhi Group

Here is a roundup of news from Indian newspapers, news wires and Web sites on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. The Wall Street Journal has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

FIR Against Facebook for Anti-Gandhi Group: An IPS officer has lodged an FIR against social networking site Facebook for allegedly maligning the image of Mahatma Gandhi through an online group. (Source: NDTV)
Pranab’s Hands Tied, Can’t Reveal Info on Black Money: Unfazed by opposition attacks and questions from Supreme Court, Government on Tuesday maintained that it cannot disclose information received from foreign entities on black money held by Indians abroad because of absence of legal framework. (Source: Hindustan Times)

Aarushi’s Father Attacked With Knife at Court: Rajesh Talwar, whose young daughter, Aarushi ,was murdered at home in 2008, was rushed to hospital after he was attacked by a young man with a sharp object resembling a cleaver at a Ghaziabad court. (Source: NDTV)
United States may Deport Scores of Indian Students: Hundreds of Indian students, mostly from Andhra Pradesh, face the prospect of deportation from the US after authorities raided and shut down a university in the Silicon Valley on charges of a massive immigration fraud. (Press Trust of India)

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SC Drops Paras on Religious Conversion in Verdict: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expunged two controversial sentences in its ruling on the killings of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons, which had upheld the life imprisonment for Bajrang Dal activist Dara Singh and his accomplice. (Source: Hindustan Times)
Chidambaram Tells BJP to Give up Path of Confrontation: As the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ekta Yatra enters the final stage, Home Minister P. Chidambaram appealed to BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj to give up the “path of confrontation” and not push any “political agenda” that will affect peace in Jammu and Kashmir. (Source: The Hindu)

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